All Railway Gazette International articles in September 2008 – Page 6
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Railjet on test
AUSTRIA: Testing has begun of the first Railjet push-pull trainsets to be delivered to Austrian Federal Railways (RG 11.07 p713). ÖBB placed a €245m order for an intial 23 trains with Siemens in February 2006, excercising a €571m option for a further 44 in September 2007. The first two ...
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People in the News - September 2008
Sadakazu Tanigaki has been appointed Japanese Minster for Land, Infrastructure & Transport. Shri Shreni has become General Manager of the North Eastern Railway division at Indian Railways. Mark Rosenker has been named Vice-Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board by US President George W Bush. He will serve a two-year ...
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Dieter - September 2008
CHINA: Guangzhou metro is trialling a free umbrella hire service at seven of its stations. Passengers pay a deposit of 20 yuan to borrow an umbrella, and the money is refunded if the umbrella is returned within 15 days.
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Editor appointed
Jane Pearce has joined the Railway Gazette group with effect from August 26, as Editor of our quarterly urban public transport magazine Metro Report International. She will also act as assistant news editor for the Urban Rail section of Railway Gazette International. Previously Key Account Manager for Platform ...
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NewsSBB to buy 32 FLIRT trains
SWITZERLAND: The board of Swiss Federal Railways has exercised options with Stadler for a further 32 FLIRT trainsets, to be used on services in Vaud, Ticino and Basel from 2010. The SFr418·6m order includes 19 FLIRT units for RER Vaudois services from Lausanne, and two trainsets for Regio S-Bahn ...
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NewsNTV targets 20% market share by 2015
'Congratulations on your initiative!' Endorsing the public launch of Europe's first private-sector high speed train operator at a press conference in Roma on July 15, newly-appointed European Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani welcomed the arrival on the scene of Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. 'We cannot but be happy with the development ...